Bracket.



G. E. ANDERSON.

BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED APR- 3. 1912.

1,136,752. Patented Apr. 20, 1915.

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GEORGE E. ANDERSON, or SHAW, KANSAS.

BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. so, 1915.

Application filed April 3, 1912. Serial No. 688,279.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. ANDERSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Shaw, county of Neosho, and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to extension sides for a wagon and one of the novel features is to provide a bracket which is hinged to an attachment for engagement with the wagon sides, or the side of the box body, in such a manner as to swing about its hinged axis, and at substantially right angles to its hinged axis.

A further novel feature consists in providing a bracket including a hinged arm having one portion disposed substantially at right angles to the transverse extent and along one edge of said hinged arm to stiffen the arm, said portionbeing provided with a flange having openings for projection therethrough of auxiliary side-forming slats, the bracket being so constructed, preferably of metal, so as not only to facilitate insertion and removal of the slats but to stiffen the bracket against all stresses that may be imposed thereon.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention relates to such details of construction and in arrangement and combination of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings, wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views and in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention, and Fig. 2 a front elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view, and Fig. 4 is a modified form.

Clips having limbs 1 and 2 which are formed integral with each other and provided with rolled extensions or eye members 3 and 4, form a substantially U-shaped bracket or the body portion of my invention, and are, as is shown, in the drawings, in parallel relation with each other, whereby they may be easily slipped over the edge of the wagon top or the like. The limb 2 is made slightly longer than the other for the purpose that will be hereinafter described and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

A slat supporting member 5, which is substantlally L shape in cross section, thereby having two plates at an angle to each other is provided, which has formed upon one of its plates an eye member 6, whose eye registers with the eyes of extensions 3 and 4, whereby a pintle 7 can be inserted into place, thereby holding the said member in pivotal relation with the limbs. Elongated or enlarged openings 8 are formed in the other plate of the member 5, through and in which openings are passed and received slats or boards 9, as shown, for the purpose of forming an auxiliary side upon the wagon.

It will be readily obvious that when the auxiliary sides are not used they can be folded into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, thereby being out of the way.

In the absence of any supporting means, the auxiliary sides may be permitted to descend into parallel relation with the sides of the wagon body.

In Fig. 4 I have shown the brace rod 10 in an operative relation in engagement with the limb 2 and with one side of the member 5, the brace rods being held in place by means of pins 11 which are riveted or otherwise secured in the bent ends thereof, these pins being received in and penetrated through the openings 12 as shown. The pin ends are extended from the face of the brace rod 10 for a suflicient distance so that a substantial bearing will be had in the openings or orifices 12, and by raising the sides slightly to relieve gravity pressure upon the brace rods, these rods may be removed from the position illustrated in Fig. 4, and then by inserting the pins in other of the openings 12, variation of the adjustment of the angle of dis position of the side members with respect to the limb 2 of the clip can be obtained. It will further be seen that it is possible to adjust the one end of each of the brace rods independently of the mounting of the remaining end and that greater scope of adjustment and facility of use is thus attained.

The greatest of stress is laid upon the simplicity of my invention and it is thought that the advantages and novel features of the same will be appreciated from the foregoing disclosure.

It will be understood that a number of brackets will be provided for each side of the wagon body in order to support the tachment, will not only hold the brackets in firm anchorage downwardly, but will prevent the brackets from tilting or rocking on the wagon body. v

I desire it to be understood that I may make slight changes in the construction of my invention without departing in the least from the spirit thereof, provided such changes fall within the scope of the subjoined claims.

I claiml. An attachment for wagon bodies comprising in combination, clips adapted to closely embrace the upper side edges of the wagon body and including a limb extending over the outer face of said sides, a slat supporting plate hinged to said bracket at the upper end thereof to swing in a path at right angles to the longitudinal extent of the wagon body sides, a second portion of said plate disposed in right angular arrangement'along one edge and provided with a plurality of openings, the several clips made to be duplicates, a plurality of slats received through the openings to form the longitudi nally extending structure of auxiliary sides, said supporting plates and the exteriorly positioned limbs of said clips each provided with a plurality of spaced-apart openings disposed along the longitudinal extent thereof, and a brace rod having pins carried by i the opposite ends thereof to be adjustably received within the openings of said supporting plate in the proper angular disposition and to thus dispose the auxiliary sides in an operative relation.

2. An attachment for wagon bodies comprising in combination, brackets having clips for closely embracing the upper side edges of a wagon body and including limbs extending adjacent the inner and also the outer faces of said sides, a slat-supporting plate hinged to each of said brackets at the upper end to swing in a path substantially at right angles to the longitudinal extent of the wagon box sides, a portion of said plate disposed substantially at right angles to the transverse extent thereof along one edge and provided with a plurality of slat-supporting openings to which slats may be fitted to form the longitudinal structure between said attachments and to complete the auxiliary sides, the outerlimb of said clip and said slat-supporting plate provided with a plurality of spaced-apart openings arranged throughout the longitudinal extent thereof, a brace rod for each of said brackets having the ends bent to one side to permit fitting of said brace rods betweenthe supporting plate and the exteriorly disposed limb of the clip when the supporting arms are swung to the angular disposition with respect to the clips, and pins carried by the shaped ends of said brace rods to extend in angular disposition therefrom and to be adjustably received in the openings of the supporting plate and said limbs to hold said plate in an adjusted angular disposition and to thus 1 hold the auxiliary sides in the desired relati0n., v

3. An attachment for wagon bodies comprising in combination, means to be attached to the upper side. edges of the wagon body and to present a limb extending over the outer face of said sides, .a slat-supporting plate hinged to said means at the upper end thereof toibe capable of swinging movement,a plurality of slats connected with said slat-supporting plate torextend longitudinally of the wagon box, said limb and said supporting plate each providedwith a plurality of openings spaced throughout the longitudinal extent thereof, and the brace rod to be received between said plate and limb to support the plate provided with pins at either end thereof to be adjustably received within the openings of the plate and to permit adjustment of the angular disposition of said plate.

GEORGE E, ANDERSON.

Witnesses r E. E. ECKLEY, C. E. JOHN.

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